Opinion

Dear Editor, The news that Guyana was closer to joining the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) was well received in Trinidad and Tobago, especially by those of us involved in the energy sector.

It seems that Mayor Patricia Chase-Green and her APNU councillors still have not really grasped the true nature of what has happened in relation to their pet project, viz, the parking meters.

Dear Editor, We have noted your letter in the February 17, 2017 edition of the Stabroek News entitled ‘The process for Guyana to meet EITI’s Global Standards could take years’ by Clement Rohee.

Dear Editor, The cold- blooded murder of 22-year-old fisherman Shereffudeen Nazamudeen at Good Hope, East Bank Essequibo is yet another reminder of the depths of despair into which the rural communities have slipped.

Dear Editor, We refer to the letter, ‘Edghill’s figures on Wartsila are grossly inaccurate’ in Stabroek News on February 17.

Dear Editor, With reference to the letter published in the Kaieteur News on February 9, by Mr Rajendra Bissessar titled ‘GuySuCo needs to provide answers on this type of cane’, the corporation wishes to state that the Chief Executive, Mr Errol Hanoman extended an invitation to Mr Bissessar to meet with him to address matters of concern.

Dear Editor, Understandably, the parking meters contract and the by-laws push the anti-colonial buttons of the people, just like the Sithe Global deal did.

Dear Editor, As our country’s economy continues to spiral downwards the working people will be the hardest hit.

Dear Editor, The parking meter fiasco has now assumed an interesting twist.

Dear Editor, As I browsed SN’s three editorials on the parking meter upheavals starting from Sunday, February 12, there is appreciation for constitutional rights and democracy in action. 

Dear Editor, The WICB will have the same president and vice-president for its next term.

We regret that when we published a letter from Minister of Public Infrastructure David Patterson in our edition yesterday we inadvertently omitted the table which was included.

In 2008, the government of South Korea decided to lift a ban on the import of US beef – a health measure imposed five years earlier in the aftermath of the bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) outbreak.

Dear Editor, Reference is made to a letter published in yesterday’s (February 16) edition of the Stabroek News, under the headline ‘Patterson statements on electricity were misleading’ and penned by Mr Juan Edghill, Opposition MP.

Dear Editor, The Guyana Agricultural and General Workers Union (GAWU) takes this opportunity to respond to a letter which appeared in the February 15 edition of Stabroek News signed by  Ms Audreyanna Thomas, Senior Communications Officer, Guyana Sugar Corporation Inc (GuySuCo).

Dear Editor, We wish to draw attention to developments in the matter engaging the courts involving Region 9 Regional Executive Officer, Mr Carl Parker, who has been charged with sexual assault.

Dear Editor, Government has announced the launch a group calling itself ‘The Guyana Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative Multi-Stakeholder Group’ (G-EITI MSG).

Dear Editor, One can see patrols riding in pairs along the roadways wearing bulletproof vests and I think, guns.